Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-07-23
AMERICANS IN EUROPE.
Charge TINT They Are Undergoing
INSTRUMENTATION.

T. G. Crawford writes from London
to The NeO York Times: There are
great many Americans living IN
Europe. There is.a large colony in
London and n much larger one in
Paris. Throughout all the continental
cities there are increasing colonies OF
rich Americans. There is large colony
n Berlin. In the winter time Rome
is thronged with Americans. All
through the Riviera there are more
Americans than other foreigners. Every |
year brings over larger number of
tourists from the United States. They |
bring with them rs a general thing |
plenty of money and spend it freely. |
The American passion for visiting |
Europe results in a great loss of money
to United States. But the loss in the
case of the tourist who comes for a
short time for study and Improvement
is made MP BY the gain in the education
of the visitor But the most serious loss
and drawback to the United States
come from the large emigration from
the United States to Europe of some of
our richest people. There is very
large number of wealthy Americans
who now spend the greater part OF
their lives in the continental cities of
Europe. These people come over with
an indefinite idea of what they will do,
and become completely enthralled the
bv life of plcasusc to be head by people
of leisure in Europe. They soon learn TO
forget their own country and remain
away year after year, thinking that
some time they will go home, but
when they do they stay but short
| time and come drifting back to their
old life of ease and indolent travel.
| Some of the heads of these wandering
American families hug to their breasts
| the deus on that they are over here for
| the purpose of educating their children
and to teach them foreign languages.
Their children do pick up smattering
| of French, German, and possibly of
some of the other continental languages.
The slight gain obtained in their facility
to talk in two or, three languages is
more than lost through their lack of
proper education in other directions.
Wandering about with their parents
they become unsettled and receive no
regular, thorough education. They are
untitled to 90 home and engage in bust
ness, and they are not fitted for any
thing else but the wandering life which
the have led. If they have plenty of
money they can manage to get along.
but there are many cases reported at
the legations of Americans who lose
their money through long life abroad
and consequent inattention to their
business affairs at home. The result
is often great poverty and distress.
The greater number of Americans
who live abroad labor under the idea
that they are studying and improving
themselves. They are not. They are
simply undergoing process of dena-
tionalization. They lose all interest
in their own country and its affairs.
Their patriotism becomes reduced to
the lowest possible degree. They are
always ready to chime in with the for
eign critics of our institutions. And
know of no greater ev than being ban
ished from Europe. There is no other
I Al, flat onnIS snah
large number of wealthy emigrants as
ours. There is very small number of
English people among the foreign col
onies on the continent. The se-called
better class of England swear by their
own country. They would live owhere
else. You will never find any English
man with such poor opinion of his
own country or its institutions that he
will sit silent when they are being AIDE
the subject of adverse criticism. Thi:
trait of national character might wei
be emulated by our rich classes. whC
are constantly leaving the United State!
because they find life in Europe 81
much pleasanter. They chase after the
social dignitaries and the nobility witt
, an earnestness that has made their am
billions the by-word OF European socia
/ circles. | was talking the other da!
} with a prominent Americn. a public
man who has spent number of year
in the diplomatic service, who said
Americans should not come to Europ,
except to study or when business actu
ally forces them to come. People witt
nothing to do here and with plenty o
, money to spend invariably waste thei
. lives and destroy the future of thei
r children if they remain too long. The.
, acquire habit of dawdling and frittin
< away their time and of chasing afte
t the petty vanties of foreign social Lii
d which are most degrading and deterior
r ating. l wish that there were som
n way of forcing ali of these American
r to return to the United States, wher
# they might be of some use to then
selves aud 10 others. In Europea
. countries the rich aad the leisurely ella:
turn their attention to politics. If the:
:. rich people who bring their childre
!. over to Europe TO give them so-calle
education would keep them at hon